The Scepter an Archeo's Adventure — Branton K. Holmberg

Sam, Yoder and Mike, the Archeo's, are entering their freshman year at Northern Coast University. It's the university where their grandfather, Dr. James Michaels holds a professorship in archeology. Things go very well for them until they learn the Duke of Bathbottom, a notorious collector of illegal ancient artifacts, has escaped from prison. Even more alarming is the escape of Black Eddy, the cleverest ancient artifact thief the world has ever known. The two of them have vowed vengeance on Professor Michaels. They blame him for their arrest by Interpol. They both made it known while they were in prison they would kill the professor if they ever got free. Nothing is heard from either of the two escapees for several weeks and the Archeo's are starting to breathe easy believing they have gone into hiding permanently. Then The Scepter disappears from the Black Museum. The Scepter is the most evil tool ever created. It opens the gateway to the dark force and gives it's master unbelievable powers. The Scepter was given to Mordreda who was Merlyn's apprentice. Merlyn was the Wizard of Camelot and King Arthurs most trusted companion. Mordreda used The Scepter to bring down King Arthur and destroy Camelot. Her last act on earth was to destroy Merlyn, which she failed to do although she did put him into a permanent paralysis. The Scepter was found scores of years after Mordreda's disappearance and placed in the Black Museum where it was thought to be safe from anyone ever using it again. It's disappearance was ominous and the Archeo's immediately suspected it was now in the hands of the Duke of Bathbottom. When the rest of Black Eddy's gang of artifact thieves mysteriously escaped prison, and several of the worlds most valuable ancient artifacts disappeared the Archeo's worst fear became a reality. The Duke had The Scepter. Follow them as they battle wits with the Duke and the powers he calls forth with The Scepter.